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PRA
YE1l,
you cannot maintain CONTACT
witb God. And wbeo tbat
co111act
is bro–
ken, you
are
CUT OFF
(ro
m Him, and H
is
5piritual
LII'E,
LOVE, and very I<ATURG
cease ftowing into you.
for, under5tand, these divine at·
tributes or HIS spirit
DO
F\.OW! Tbey are
IN MOnO!<. They do oot stagnate. You
either okow spiritually in knowlcdge. in
grace, and in God'J character or you
deteriorate
back
10ward becoming a
mere pbysical
animal.
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die
in
ETERI<AL
PUI<lSiiMSI<T in lhe lakc
O(
fire!
But
if
Ood, and tbc things
o(
God -
His revealed knowledge,
His
law, His
love, His WAY for you
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live - are
oonstanlly
foremost
in your mind, your
thoughts, and your inlcrcst, cben you are
PRAVING ALWAYS. You are in
a
constant
SPIRIT OF
PUYU-
a
OOMtanl
MEI(TAL
"TTITUDE of praycr. Tbe oontact with
God must be
ptrpttua/1
This
kind or Christian life, the only
lond tbat truly
ts
Christian, requiru.
u
tbe Bible emphasizes repeatedly, ualous
OILIGEI<CE. You must CONCEI<TRATE on
Ít.
You mUSl be DEDICATED
lO
it.
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MARCH 1976
quir« uucr coNsecunoN.
lt
requires
total BARI<ESTI<ESS.
Y«, it requires tbe application of tbe
otber six laws
o(
SUCCESs:
education, in
wb1ch tbe Bible is che main textbook;
good physical health; DR.JVE, or conceo–
trated DIUGEI<CB and EFFORT; resource–
fulness; sticking 10 it - enduring: and
oonllnual oontac:t witb. and tbe guid–
ance. belp, and power ofGoo.
True spiricual mindedness is
not
a
Jticlcy sentimentalism.
lt
is I<OT a certain
emotional mood.
lt
is
not
the
use
of
a
certain religious phraseology, saying
constanlly, "Praise thc Lord," or,
"Giory, Hallelujab."
l
bave known
many people whose TAU(
is
so very
Mspiritual" - but wbooe heartS were
as
far rrom God as the prophet lsaiah de–
scribed. (See lsaiah
29: 13.)
Jesus Cbrist was a perfectly SPtRITUAL
man. But He did oot go about using
sueh musby language. He
was
not
a
girl·
isb,
etreminate,
sentimental, or emo–
tional wealding. He was a Jtrong, virile,
masterful, yet kind and gentle MAl<. He
possessed
LEADUSlUP, STUI<Gnt, PUll·
POSE, and SUPUME STROI<G WlLL, yet
these masculino qualities ofstreogth and
power were perfecdy blended with wi.s·
dom, judgmeot, knowledge, understand–
ing, justice, and also patience,
oompassion, and merey. He was filled
with PI!AC!, LOVS, and FAITH. And His
WlLL, strong
as
i1 was, was lotally
yielded and obedieot
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Goo. All
Ibis
was tbe cbaraeter ofGoo.
He
is
our
PA1TEP.N.
We must lmitatc
Him - copy Him.
Look al lhe men of God in tbc Old
Testament: Abraham,
Noah,
Jooepb,
David, Daniel, Elijah. Tbey were all dif–
fcrenl from Christ in onc respecl in
whicb you and
1
must
aJso
be dilferent
Tbey had human weaknesses, aod
aU
did sin; yet tbese men all repented and
strove
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overcomc. But they were all
men of stroog PURPOSE, strong WtLL
guided by God, all
possessed
leadersbip,
but
also
love, f&Jth, and
a
ooosecrated
onota<CE 10 the will or Goo. But they
wcre not effcminate. sentimental men
indulging in an atrccted, put-oo, reli–
gíous-sounding way oftallting.
Look at tbe aposlles Peter and Paul.
Tbey were tbe same. You don't find aoy
or Ibis pseudo "spirituality" in thcm; yct
thcy were truly SPIII.ITUAL mcn, devotcd
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obeyiog God and serving tbc oeeds of
lhe peoplc.
Buc onc th10g to watch and guard
against evcry scoond, in the way of a
u
i–
lude, is resentment, biuemess, and ba–
tred. Don't let ANYTRING, no matter
bow unjust, make you sour and biuer.
Thal is lbe deadliest mental and spiri–
lual POISOI<. We must LOVS evcn our
enemies wbo perpetrate tbe greatest out–
rages - though we do not oondone tbeir
cvils.
Ir
you even lhink
/'M
\frong about
anything.
don't
g~t1our
or bltter about it
- let Goo oorrec:t and punish me -
vengeance is HLS, you know. Resent–
mcnt against me won't cither punish me
or benefit you, bul it oould oonsign vou
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eterna/
punishment! Whclher YOU be·
lieve it or not,
1
bave oome, by years of
experiencc aod leaming the
HAW
WAY,
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havo supreme fa1th that Goo will
ncver ncglect 10 oorrect or punish
me
wbcrever
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deserve it! You may TRUST
HrMtodoil!
Remember what
a
GLORIOUS GOAL
we have befare us!
How GRATEFUL we ought
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be! How
our bearts ought to be
FLDODED
with
love and gratitude to tbe great God ror
HiJ matchless LOVB coward us. l'm sure
we don't grasp what a supremc price He
paid
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malee it possible. He waots us lo
be CHAI<GED -10 overoomc and root out
tbis debasing, rouen carnality we all
have in us - and to GROW into His
righteousness, tbat we may SHAllE
His
GLORY.
And, you know,
1
believe God wants
and
longs
to
sbare the supreme GLORY
lhac He bas witb vou! Make it your
supreme overaU tife voc.r.TIOI<, and
WORK
HA11.D
AT IT! 0
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lf
you understand the Bible,
you understand today's
wor1d.
Ot
course, we're not claiming the Blble wl ll teach you all abouc the ln–
ttlcacles of lnlernallonal polltlcs. But it wlll show you why mankind has
been unable 10 solve lile problems of war, poverty, crlme and human mls–
ery.
Skepli<:al? Why not find out for
yourselt?
Write for
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